How to get this SKIN!

sgupton13

Hello!

I came across this image and am hoping someone can help me figure out how this skintone is achieved! I have seen it used alot recently, very ethereal and creamy. Is it an action or preset? Desaturation? Over-exposing?

I have asked the photographer but she has not responded.

Any help is greatly appreciated!

Stephanie Gupton

I don't know if this is legal so here is a link:

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=492975650993&set=a.492556875993.264483.134719980993#!/photo.php?fbid=492168595993&set=a.492168585993.264274.134719980993&pid=6257426&id=134719980993

STphotos

Looks like the shooter used a cooler white balance and slightly over exposed the shot.

sgupton13

STphotos wrote: »

Looks like the shooter used a cooler white balance and slightly over exposed the shot.

thank you for your response!

do you mean adjusting the white balance in post-edit?

STphotos

You can do it that way easily if you shoot RAW

sgupton13

STphotos wrote: »

You can do it that way easily if you shoot RAW

I have been shooting in jpeg but using the raw editor in PSE 8...couldn't I do it that way too?

babygodzilla

editing JPEG in RAW editor wouldn't help. the RAW file contains much more data, so edits will be closer to reality.

racer

Note that the image is not overall overexposed, so you wouldnt want to adjust the overall exposure, only the highlights are overexposed. You get that by simply adjusting the curve for the highlights